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<https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/https/blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/key-practices-of-presence>

![Key Practices of Presence](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/Why-The-Art-of-Being-Present-Matters.jpg)

![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/Diana%20Theodores.png) By [Dr Diana Theodores](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/dr-diana-theodores)

## [Key Practices of Presence](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/https/blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/key-practices-of-presence)

**Presence is about being present**

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 Tags: [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/leadership), [featured leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-leadership), [featured sidebar all](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-sidebar-all),

<https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/turning-the-dials-on-women-in-leadership>

![Turning the dials on women in leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/ED%20Blog/ED%20Images/OEP/Praxis/cranfield%20women%20as%20leaders-1.jpg)

![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/KimTJ400x400.jpg) By [Professor Kim Turnbull James](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/professor-kim-turnbull-james)

## [Turning the dials on women in leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/turning-the-dials-on-women-in-leadership)

### **The Gender Pay Gap data published in April 19 for the second year, showed that although some companies have improved, for many...**

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 Tags: [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [featured](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured), [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/leadership),

<https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/the-leader-as-poet>

![The Leader as Poet](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/Witness%20interviewing-1.jpg)

![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/andy-logan.jpeg) By [Andy Logan](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/andy-logan)

## [The Leader as Poet](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/the-leader-as-poet)

### The leader finally reaches the summit of the hill. All their years of business experience, all that time on management and...

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 Tags: [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/leadership), [featured leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-leadership),

<https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/the-business-of-theatre>

![The Challenge of Business is the Business of Theatre](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/PTFL_People_on_programme.jpg)

![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/Diana%20Theodores.png) By [Dr Diana Theodores](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/dr-diana-theodores)

## [The Challenge of Business is the Business of Theatre](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/the-business-of-theatre)

 The pioneering management guru Charles Handy once said “If you want to be successful in business think theatre.” Enter Theatre 4...

*( read )*

 Tags: [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [featured learning](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-learning), [featured leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-leadership),

<https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/speak-to-inspire-think-perform-not-inform>

![To Inspire and Influence Think Perform, not Inform](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/ED%20Blog/ED%20Images/OEP/Praxis/IMG_2838.jpg)

![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/Diana%20Theodores.png) By [Dr Diana Theodores](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/dr-diana-theodores)

## [To Inspire and Influence Think Perform, not Inform](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/speak-to-inspire-think-perform-not-inform)

**If you want to inspire and influence people then take a tip from the pioneering management guru Charles Handy who once said,** ***...***

*( read )*

 Tags: [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/leadership), [featured leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-leadership), [featured sidebar all](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-sidebar-all),

<https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/why-new-leaders-need-initiation-rites>

![Why new leaders need initiation rites](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/ED%20Blog/ED%20Images/OEP/Praxis/IAI%20Hero%20image.jpg)

![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/andy-logan.jpeg) By [Andy Logan](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/andy-logan)

## [Why new leaders need initiation rites](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/why-new-leaders-need-initiation-rites)

#### **When managers step up into leadership it’s often an ‭underwhelming moment in the life of an organisation: a promotion ‭earned...**

*( read )*

 Tags: [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/leadership), [featured leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-leadership),

<https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/beingagoodleader>

![Developing Leadership Power: Being a good leader in this age of distrust](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/ED%20Blog/ED%20Images/OEP/Praxis/fabrizio-verrecchia-202402.jpg)

![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/759515.jpeg) By [Dr Jacquie Drake](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/dr-jacquie-drake)

## [Developing Leadership Power: Being a good leader in this age of distrust](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/beingagoodleader)

Trust used to come with a senior job title. It was part of the ordinarypackage like a salary and pension. But trust in the...

*( read )*

 Tags: [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [succession](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/succession), [featured succession](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-succession),

<https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/reflections-from-a-guest-tutor-on-the-praxis-ptfl-programme>

![Personal Transformation for Leaders: Reflections from a guest tutor on The Praxis PTFL programme](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/ED%20Blog/ED%20Images/OEP/PTFL%20-%20reflections%20article%20from%20guest%20tutor%20front%20cover%20image.jpg)

By [Hugh Lloyd-Jukes](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/hugh-lloyd-jukes)

## [Personal Transformation for Leaders: Reflections from a guest tutor on The Praxis PTFL programme](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/reflections-from-a-guest-tutor-on-the-praxis-ptfl-programme)

Hugh Lloyd-Jukes was a Guest Tutor on the April/October 2014 PTFL.  Hugh is CEO of Oxehealth, a leading UK digital health...

*( read )*

 Tags: [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [succession](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/succession), [featured succession](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-succession),

<https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/time-for-a-new-approach>

![Being a leader within an organisation has never been more challenging - Time for a new approach](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/ED%20Blog/ED%20Images/CCED/DLP%20image%20hand.jpg)

![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/lowry.jpeg) By [Kate Lowry](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/kate-lowry)

## [Being a leader within an organisation has never been more challenging - Time for a new approach](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/time-for-a-new-approach)

#### The role of a leader inside an organisation faces a rising tide of challenge greater than ever before. The need to achieve more...

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 Tags: [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [praxis centre for leadership development](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/praxis-centre-for-leadership-development), [exec-feature](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/exec-feature),

<https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/women-more-anxious-asking-for-pay-rises>

![Why are women more anxious asking for pay rises?](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/ED%20Blog/ED%20Images/OEP/Praxis/cranfield%20women%20as%20leaders.jpg)

By [HR Magazine](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/hr-magazine)

## [Why are women more anxious asking for pay rises?](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/women-more-anxious-asking-for-pay-rises)

### **Techniques to overcome anxiety can help but organisations must also look to structural issues holding women back.**

*( read )*

 Tags: [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [featured](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured), [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/leadership),

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